I'm bribing myself that if I do one homework assignment (going back for my bachelor's degree) I can write one piece of fanfiction. So far it's working. :)
I'm still catching up on Numb3rs episodes since missing the original run of the series. I found the wonderful season five episode "Angel and Devils" on Amazon and watched it several times this weekend. This fic is a series of drabbles, oneshots and missing scenes featuring various pov during that episode. First up is Don, then Alan, Larry, Charlie and finally Amita.
Title: Status Quo
Author: Cindy Ryan
POV: Don
Being an FBI agent meant life and death were status quo. It was something Don dealt with nearly every day he went into the office. Murders, robberies gone bad and kidnapping were just part of the job.
This kidnapping however had hit way too close to home.
His brother Charlie had been injured during his girlfriend Amita's kidnapping.
More than anything Don hated seeing people suffer.
Especially people he loved.
Being the older brother it had always been Don's duty to protect Charlie and keep him safe and out of trouble.
The only way Don could do that now was to find Amita and bring her home safe.
Now hours into the kidnapping Don stood watching his brother struggle to cope with the tragedy. Watched as Charlie fought with the math that normally came as easily as breathing.
The elder Eppes was terrified that if he failed to bring Amita home; that if the worst happened Charlie would be lost forever.
That was an outcome that Don could not afford to let happen.
No matter how dangerous things got Don would do whatever it took to keep his family together.
The risks were part of having a badge and Don would endure them if it brought Amita home to his brother.
Charlie safe and happy was all that mattered.
That was Don's duty as a brother.
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